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Women are less tolerant of each other than men are, according to a new study which may explain why some women prefer to have a male boss.The research, published in the US journal Psychological Science, found that women formed a negative view of their peers much quicker than men did.

The team from Emmanuel College in Boston asked male and female college students to rate their room-mates under different scenarios. When asked to judge how they would rate their room-mates if they carried out a single fictional act of negative behaviour, after they had been otherwise completely trustworthy, women were... snip

The authors, led by associate professor of psychology Joyce Benenson, concluded that women were harsher on their peers because they expected more from their same-sex relationships than men did.

They wrote: "Women may simply weight negative information more heavily than men do, because negative information disrupts the establishment of intimacy, which serves a more important function in same-sex relationships for women than for men."

Women are less tolerant of each other than men are, according to a new study which may explain why some women prefer to have a male boss.The research, published in the US journal Psychological Science, found that women formed a negative view of their peers much quicker than men did.

The team from Emmanuel College in Boston asked male and female college students to rate their room-mates under different scenarios. When asked to judge how they would rate their room-mates if they carried out a single fictional act of negative behaviour, after they had been otherwise completely trustworthy, women were... snip

The authors, led by associate professor of psychology Joyce Benenson, concluded that women were harsher on their peers because they expected more from their same-sex relationships than men did.

They wrote: "Women may simply weight negative information more heavily than men do, because negative information disrupts the establishment of intimacy, which serves a more important function in same-sex relationships for women than for men."

Women are much difficult as supervisors for both men and women. I think it's because women tend to confuse working relationships with friendships or family relationships. When a woman says she wants to treat you "like family" - run!

Men tend to evaluate people on their work product. They don't care if you don't ask about their kids or refuse to attend the company picnic. Women want your work and your emotional attention. It's tedious.

Women are much difficult as supervisors for both men and women. I think it's because women tend to confuse working relationships with friendships or family relationships. When a woman says she wants to treat you "like family" - run!

Men tend to evaluate people on their work product. They don't care if you don't ask about their kids or refuse to attend the company picnic. Women want your work and your emotional attention. It's tedious.